Beyond the Blue Door, Now on Audiobook (Amazon)

Beyond the Blue Door is now on audiobook, via Amazon. It is a very well crafted story about a disturbing family situation, which ultimately concludes on an existentially hopeful note.

Beyond the Blue Door

Two haunted houses are involved in this tale.  But where does the greater evil reside - in the safe family domicile of our everyday world or in the creepy old abandoned farmhouse?

On Amazon:

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The Haunted Park, Now on Audiobook (Amazon)

The Haunted Park is now on audiobook, via Amazon. It is a nice little ghost story, fun to listen to, perhaps during a late night drive down an isolated country road.

The Haunted Park

This story is composed of two interconnected narratives, with Part 1 describing a tragic family situation that is resolved by the events in Part 2. The families involved are separated in both time and space, but their fates intertwine in this location which has become known by the locals as "the haunted park". Philosophically, the story explores the notion of a ghosts and the afterlife from a several different perspectives.  And of course, it is just a satisfying ghost story.

The characters in Part 2 are also found in Helena Puumala’s selection of ‘Lake’ stories, entitled Five Holiday Mysteries”. The characters unique and special backgrounds, personalities and abilities are explored more fully in those stories, though this story can be read as a stand-alone ghost story.

The story is about 7500 words, which can be read within about 45 minutes to an hour, at typical reading speeds.

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 Nathan’s Adventure in the Other-Other Land, Book 2 – To Defeat the Wizard’s Curse, Now on Audiobook (Amazon)

The second part of a trilogy of children’s stories, centering around three cousins who visit a land of adventure and magic. This part sees them help to lift a curse on the magical land are re-unite a mother with her children. It is now on audiobook, via Amazon, so pre-reading kids can enjoy the story too.

Nathan's Adventure in the Other-Other Land, Book 2 – To Defeat the Wizard's Curse

Young Nathan, a resident of our everyday world, is called back to the Other-Other Land, beyond the Magic Mirror, for another adventure. On this occasion he must aid the Princess Pepper in her efforts to overcome a drought that is slowly making the Other -Other Land barren, and leaving its people at risk of famine. She is sure that it is the result of a curse by an evil Wizard, who is in cahoots with the Kingdom’s enemy, The Terrible Bing. She, Nathan and his cousin Scott, must travel far to discover the source, and hopefully lift the curse, perhaps with the help of the Princess’s long-lost mother. Many dangers lurk along the way – evil Wizard’s don’t take kindly to children tampering with their nasty schemes.

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The Zoo Hypothesis or The News of the World – A Science Fiction Story, Now on Audiobook (Amazon)

A lighthearted, but also kind of serious, look at why we don’t hear from all the aliens that must be out there.  The people that we tested it out on, found the audible version to be quite amusing - plus, includes intelligent dogs and who doesn't like that?

The Zoo Hypothesis or The News of the World

We present a story giving a possible scenario for the so-called Zoo Hypothesis, an explanation similar to that known in Star Trek lore as the Prime Directive. It’s an explanation sometimes given to account for a mystery in the Search for Intelligent Life, known as The Great Silence, or Fermi’s Paradox.

Basically, Enrico Fermi argued (quite convincingly, to many observers), that there had been ample time for an alien intelligence to colonize the galaxy since its formation, so where are they? The Zoo Hypotheses says that they are out there, but have cordoned off the Earth from contact, until we are sufficiently evolved or culturally advanced to handle the impact of alien contact.

This story takes a humorous tongue in cheek approach to that explanation. It also features dogs and sly references to Star Trek. Talk about man’s Best Friend.

It is only 99 cents U.S., equivalent price in other currencies. It is also available on Kindle Unlimited and is sometimes on a free promotion.

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 A Spirit in the Forest (at the Lake) – A Fathers and Grandfathers Day Ghost Story, now on Audiobook (Amazon)

A nice Fathers (and Grandfathers) Day story, with a bit of a hopeful twist. It doesn’t have to be Fathers Day – you can read it at any time of the year.

A Spirit in the Forest

This short story (approx. 6000 words) relates a trek along a lakefront path by a grandfather and his grandson. The simple lakeside walk becomes a journey of discovery, whereby they each learn much about the other, strengthening the bond between themselves in the process. When a medical crisis occurs, they, along with the boy’s father and the rest of the family and friends, learn something about the mysterious forces of the universe, about life and death, and about hope for the future.

The story is set in a Northern Ontario lake community, and continues to explore the setting and characters introduced in “The Boathouse Christ”, “Where the Apple Falls” and “A Christmas Miracle at the Lake”, also by Helena Puumala.

It is priced at a very reasonable 99 cents U.S., with equivalent pricing in other currencies. It is also available on Amazon Unlimited and is periodically offered on a free promotion.

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Miranda and the Christmas Elf, now on Audiobook (Amazon)

A nice Christmas story for children, though adults can enjoy it too. It doesn’t have to be Christmas – you can read it at any time of the year.

Miranda and the Christmas Elf

The little pre-school girl, Miranda, is feeling unsafe because of bullies in the neighborliness and family troubles between her mother and father. Can her friend, young elementary grade age Nathan, use his special powers to call on the North Pole for some Christmas Eve magic, to help her out?

The story is a heartwarming Christmas tale, suitable for children and adults, which will bring a little Christmas magic to us all. It is about 9000 words, or around 45 minutes or so, at typical reading speeds.

It is priced at only 99 cents (U.S. or equivalent in other currencies) and is sometimes on free promotion as well.

 

The book is available on Amazon, at the following links:

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